Like Waffle House hash browns

One of my long time friends used to answer the question, “How are you?” with the answer, “Just like Waffle House hash browns, scattered, smoothered and covered.” Sometimes I feel a bit like that myself and apologize to all of you who do bother to check in frequently that I haven’t been updating the Blog quite as often as I’d like. There are a number of reasons that I haven’t been getting the updates out as often. One is that I’ve been invited to speak at a couple of dog clubs and have taken the MWDTSA Power Point presentation on the road. It’s a pleasure to be able to speak to groups and share the information about Military Working Dogs, their history and missions, but it’s also taken time. Another thing is that I’ve been between jobs and then had two full time jobs at once so that was kind of wacky making the transition back to just one. Then there are personal missions that don’t have anything to do with MWDTSA, but things that I feel very passionate about and have to write letters and make my voice heard. It all adds up to one very full and hectic life. So, while I apologize for not getting more updates out there, please know that MWDTSA is growing. At one of the recent speaking engagements I attended, one man stood up and told me that he had just returned from Afghanistan where he worked as a dog handler and that our organization was well known and well repected by the dog handlers there. Kind of makes me think that we are all doing something right because it is a definite group effort.

Without your support we couldn’t make it happen. So thanks to all of you who give of your finances, creative energies and time. Thanks to the handlers in Afghanistan and Iraq for all they are doing, too. I dug out a few old photos from 2007 of the last event that I helped coordinate at Fort Benning’s War Dog Memorial. There are photos of Vietnam handlers and the top Marine K9 Cop at that time. I visited there about a month ago and having time to go back to read each of the pedestals and look at that beautiful memorial scuplture refocuses and reinvigorates. There is still much work to do and still too few hands to do it with. If you can help in a committed, long term way, please let me know.